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Housing and the Credit Crunch

This issue is often characterised by saying that we can achieve a sustainable mix by having homes for ownership, and affordable social houses for rent next door to one another, or within the same estate. However, we could also have lots of different types of housing for rent. I wish that we could think more flexibly about that, especially at a time when it is difficult to get mortgages for shared equity properties, for example, or even to sell at market value.